Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to hate driving when my dh is a passenger.

7 replies

longhardlookinthemirror · 11/02/2009 12:55

OMG!!! never driving him anywhere again!!!

On occasion I'll have to drive him somewhere (like this morning)and when ever I do it usually ends up in a blazing row (like this morning) or total silence after a comment about my driving. Just let me drive the bloody car and SHUT THE F UP!! I pulled over this morning and made him walk the rest of the way (only about 5mins) but feeling a bit guilty now for flying off the handle so much, but I am a bit hormonal today.

BTW I'm a damn good driver, never had any crashes or accidients, I don't speed, never had any points, I'm a fine driver [touches wood] IMO.

Was I bu to kick him out of the car (not literally)?

OP posts:
myfunnynametaken · 11/02/2009 12:57

YANBU - do the same to him see how he likes it.

ilove · 11/02/2009 12:57

No...I'd have done the same. In a few years ago I did leave my DH about 15 miles from home and drove home on my own

LauriefairycakeeatsCupid · 11/02/2009 12:59

I can't bear my dh's driving, thankfully he doesn't take crappy criticism quite as bad as you.

Any chance you're oversensitive?

FWIW I don't say very much but the clutching the sides of the chair and involuntary wincing give it away. That is my problem, not his.

Try ignoring it, the only thing that matter is if you think you are a good driver.

naturalblonde · 11/02/2009 12:59

yabu, but i SO don't blame you. my dh is the same, and i swear if we get divorced it'll be over driving. He's a police driver and tells me how he's so advanced and i'm so crap, despite also being a pro driver and doing it for 12 years. he's an aqful driver imo, he's so agressive, and drives like he in a police car on a high speed chase.

TigerFeet · 11/02/2009 13:03

Oh god this is one of my bugbears too... the wincing and sucking in of air through teeth if I get a bit close to something, the constant reminders to indicate/look/change gear etc etc... all my little misdemeanours whilst driving are no worse than his - but where he is "accurate" I am "too close" and so on and so forth. It wouldn't bother me so much but he's had as many scrapes and near misses as I have.

I am a far more confident driver without him in the car. I refuse to drive him anywhere unless absolutely necessary. This is the only way he has avoided a long walk home

mayorquimby · 11/02/2009 13:10

"YANBU - do the same to him see how he likes it. "

but surely that would then involve him kicking her out of the car which she won't like.
fwiw i think yabu to kick him out of the car, but absolutely yanbu to be pissed off about it as that would infuriate me to the point of maybe acting in an unreasonable manner.
i'd make it very clear that in future if you are doing him the favour of giving him a lift it is on the bais that there will not be one comment with regards your driving. and if there is do not give him another lift for a long long long time.

jazzandh · 11/02/2009 13:29

YANBU - I never drive DH for this reason. He is a control freak - fine - drive then. We never have an arguement over who drinks when out anymore - he burned that bridge a long time ago

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread